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20 August – Greg James becomes the 16th person to present Radio 1 Breakfast. [113] [114] 3 September – Nick Grimshaw takes over as host of the drivetime show. Jack Saunders hosts a new show called Radio 1's Indie Show. 9 September – Huw Stephens' BBC Introducing show moves to Sunday nights as part of a shake-up of the Sunday schedule. [115]
The timeline of radio lists within the history of radio, the technology and events that produced instruments that use radio waves and activities that people undertook. Later, the history is dominated by programming and contents, which is closer to general history .
1 March – Mark Goodier ends his first stint as presenter of BBC Radio 1's Complete UK Top 40. 8 March – Tommy Vance presents this edition of Radio 1's Top 40 programme. This is also the final time that the Radio 1 chart show runs for 2 and a half hours. 15 March – Bruno Brookes begins his second stint as host of the UK Top 40 programme.
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, while its sister station 1Xtra plays black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B.
10 January – The teatime edition of Newsbeat returns to Radio 1 after four years away. The bulletin airs in its old slot, 5:30pm to 5:45pm. 25 March – The Financial World Tonight is broadcast on Radio 4 for the final time, ahead of its move to the new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live. 28 March – At 5am, BBC Radio 5 Live launches ...
1994 in British radio – BBC Radio 5 is relaunched as BBC Radio Five Live, the first regional commercial stations start broadcasting; Radio 1 stops broadcasting on mediumwave; First broadcast of Wake Up to Money, Up All Night, Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade, Julie Enfield Investigates, Lee and Herring and Alan's Big One and Last broadcast of ...
1 January – A station named The Hits, carrying the audio of the Box Plus Network television channel of the same name, appears on DAB in London. 14 February – BBC Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 FM start broadcasting on Freeview. They broadcast on multiplex A as there is not enough room for them on multiplex B, on which the other BBC ...
10 March – Zoe Ball presents Radio 1 Breakfast for the final time as she leaves the station. [22] 13 March – Scott Mills begins a three-week stint as Radio 1 Breakfast’s temporary presenter. [23] 3 April – Sara Cox takes over as presenter of Radio 1 Breakfast and Mark Chapman joins where he starts hosting his first ever Newsbeat sports ...